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Hello,
On 04/05/2017 06:39 AM, Goulven Guillard wrote:
> It seems `base64` inserts a carriage return ("Cg==") when encoding a
> string :
>
> $ echo foobar|base64
> Zm9vYmFyCg==
Not exactly - it is "echo" which adds the newline and base64 simply
encodes all its input.
Observe the following:
$ echo foobar | od -c
0000000 f o o b a r \n
0000007
"printf" can be used for finer control over
your printed strings - it will not add newline
unless you request it:
$ printf foobar | base64
Zm9vYmFy
$ printf 'foobar\n' | base64
Zm9vYmFyCg==
As such I'm closing this bug report, but discussion can continue
by replying to this thread.
regards,
- assaf
